About Baljaralan Village

Baljaralan is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 269 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baljaralan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baljaralan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185132
Area (hectares)	191.4 hectares
Population	502
Male Population	269
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baljaralan compares

By the 2011 count Baljaralan is the 91st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 191.4 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Baljaralan

Baljaralan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baljaralan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baljaralan from other places

Baljaralan lies about 9.6 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 55 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Baljaralan
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	9.4 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	9.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	55 km

Villages closest to Baljaralan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajauri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Baljaralan

As per the Census of India 2011, Baljaralan village had a population of 502. That makes it the 91st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Baljaralan village has 269 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baljaralan has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Baljaralan is 185132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baljaralan covers 191.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baljaralan falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Baljaralan is Dugga, about 55 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baljaralan.

Baljaralan is about 9.6 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baljaralan is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 9.4 km away. Rajaori is about 9.4 km away. Rajouri is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.